Body shop trying to SCREW ME!!! Help!

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

Questions:

1. If the battery is connected while theyre doing any welding on the rear floor, would that cause a short circuit or just cause the battery to become defective?

2. Does the battery HAVE to be disconnected?

3. Is it anyway possible, that they can do something where the battery is connected, to a machine or whatever it may be, and they do welding at the same time, and it not damage the battery?

If anyone can really help me out, I need to know before I head out of work in about 4 hours. I'm not gonna talk out my *** like they have, I want to be positive of something before I mention it to them. Thanks.

Welding is a short. You ground the welding machine to the frame, then a positive charge is place in a spot. The metal gets hot and fuses. If the battery is not disconnected, its getting a positive charge to ground......Just like when your power wire shorts, it blows a fuse. Well since the battery could have still been connect and there is no fuse, it ruins the battery. Batteries must be disconnected when welding on a car or it will ruin them. Like I said before, I know a wet cell will boil and 9 times out of 10, the battery is junk. Your dry cell is probably toasted, but I don't know the signs. However a bad battery will not charge. Hope that helps.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Well the battery is dead. My guess is they took off the battery connectors but left on my big 3 which at the time had only one wire, which was the battery negative to the chassis. Also i dont even know if they disconnected the power wire that went to the amp (which was taken out before i took it to the shop and had electrical tape SECURED all around it.

But thanks for clearing this up. At least i have some background info and I can present this to them, and if I have to, I'll make a conference call with the body shop, the insurance, lawyer, and Kinetik(to address some other claims the body shop is making). I just think they are covering their tracks.

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

Update: my dad just called me since he got to the shop before i did and theyre going to take care of it. I believe they are getting me a new HC 1400 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

The guy asked me was it the HC 2000? I coulda probably said yeah but I'm not that type of person, plus the 2000 wouldnt fit under the hood of an Accord //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Hopefully Monday I get the car back. If so, I can re-do my big 3, run the DD to the zx 2500.1 and the boston z6 to the zx850.4. I'll finally be one happy camper again. Thanks to all those who gave me their input, I greatly appreciate your help.

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

i hope it all works out for you don.

 

[the baPhoon]

I think on top of all the BS ya went through you deserve some kind of satisfaction... Yes, a good old stinkpalming is in order.

 

[scrappy 10+ year member]

How come your insurance didnt just request a new battery from the shop in the first place? They should fix everything wrong with the car caused by the accident

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

How come your insurance didnt just request a new battery from the shop in the first place? They should fix everything wrong with the car caused by the accident

That's what I told the body shop. Then he says my insurance policy has a clause in it where it doesn't cover battery damage. He said he has AAA so he knows that. I told him well, if thats the case then I'll find out for myself if that clause is in MY policy. I'm not gonna take anyone's word for anything, especially someone who is already tryin to BS me.

I think my dad put them in check too, he told them dont try to play my son for a fool because he's young, he's a business graduate. He forgot to mention i'm on ca.com as well, thats like +100 rep points, haha. I dont expect the vehicle to be ready on Monday at all. I dont care what they think of me, theyre just afraid of gettin a bad review since theyre trusted by AAA. This place has really gone sour since they are under different management and different workers workers. They're no longer reputable in my eyes, but I will give them kudos on fixing everything, even touching up scratches on other parts of the vehicle that were previously there, thats a nice gesture.